Nickel Plate Layout

Now that's an impressive layout. It's massive. It kind of looks like an HO layout, but it's O-Scale. Pretty cool 2-10-4 Texas. Is it just a custom paint scheme on an existing locomotive? What was the manufacturer of the engine?

@Dylan the Train Man posted:

Now that's an impressive layout. It's massive. It kind of looks like an HO layout, but it's O-Scale. Pretty cool 2-10-4 Texas. Is it just a custom paint scheme on an existing locomotive?

No because note that it has a Belpair Firebox, like a PRR locomotive (except the PRR did not have any such 2-10-4 locomotives).

What was the manufacturer of the engine?

Didn't the original poster state that the 2-10-4 was "custom"?

@Dylan the Train Man posted:

Now that's an impressive layout. It's massive. It kind of looks like an HO layout, but it's O-Scale. Pretty cool 2-10-4 Texas. Is it just a custom paint scheme on an existing locomotive? What was the manufacturer of the engine?

It is a very impressive O scale layout. That 2-10-4 I believe is an old Max Gray brass import. It originally belonged to the late John Armstrong (known as the "dean" of model railroad track planning). It's painted for Canandaigua Southern as that was his private road.

you cany beat brass

@Dave Koehler posted:

you cany beat brass

I couldn't agree more. It'll run forever. That locomotive in the video is close to 70 years old. Most of my personal fleet is brass.

@Hot Water posted:

John Armstrong did scratch build several brass locomotives in the 1950's & 60's. In the video you'll see a couple of them sitting around David's layout. He did a lot of custom work to his locomotives, so while this was a Max Gray brass locomotive (I believe), I would imagine it had some custom modifications done by John.